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Texas will launch its own clinical trials into ibogaine psychedelic after failing to find a drug company to help

The Legislature last year approved $50 million to research the psychedelic and find a company to develop it into a drug for FDA approval.

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Texas judge rejects push to let churches make political endorsements

A group of Texas churches and the IRS agreed to nix the Johnson Amendment, which prohibits nonprofits from endorsing candidates. A Trump-appointed judge said no.

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Photos: The last day Texas stores can sell smokeable hemp cannabis

New state rules that went into effect March 31 further restricts the amount of THC that can be found in hemp-derived products, effectively banning smokeables.

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TribCast: Assessing the rollout of Texas school vouchers

In this week’s episode, hosts Matthew and Eleanor talk with Tribune K-12 education reporter Jaden Edison about who in Texas applied for school vouchers and why Muslim schools were shut out of the program.

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Thousands of Texas students lose college credits when transferring. Here are pitfalls to avoid.

Early planning and paying attention to which classes are relevant for their major can help students save time and money.

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Hardline conservative donors Tim Dunn, Farris Wilks ballooned Bo French’s Railroad Commission campaign

Tim Dunn and Farris Wilks made their fortune in the oil business. They’ve deployed millions of dollars to pull the Texas GOP and Legislature toward their hardline stances.

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TDCJ official confirms in trial testimony that it could cost $1.5 billion to fully cool Texas prisons

Current and former heads of Texas’ prison system defended asking for lesser amounts to air-condition facilities during a federal trial on extreme heat in TDCJ facilities.

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“Don’t take me to the hospital”: Undocumented immigrants in Texas are delaying medical care

Since Gov. Greg Abbott ordered Texas hospitals to start asking patients for their citizenship status in November 2024, reported visits by undocumented immigrants have dropped.

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Strict schedules, long days, high pay: What Waco schools can expect from new charter operator

The Waco school district is expected to be the latest to contract with the charter operator founded by Mike Miles, the state-appointed superintendent of Houston schools.

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Texas Supreme Court ends lawsuits against power generators over 2021 winter storm

Tens of thousands of residents and small businesses sought damages from power generators after losing electricity during the storm that resulted in billions in losses and 246 deaths.

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Dan Patrick adds data centers, prediction markets and THC to Senate priorities

Patrick’s Friday release of priorities calls on lawmakers to study the emerging issues ahead of the 2027 legislative session.

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At CPAC, Texas Railroad Commissioner candidate Bo French calls for deportation of 100 million people

French, a former Tarrant County GOP chair, also said Republicans should more openly embrace Islamophobia.

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How a 27-year-old upstart unseated longtime Texas House Democrat Chris Turner

Junior Ezeonu, a Grand Prairie City Council member, defeated Turner in the Democratic primary, becoming the representative-elect for the southeast Tarrant County House district.

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Long lines linger at Houston’s biggest airport as TSA agents miss work during partial government shutdown

Wait times at George Bush Intercontinental Airport are expected to worsen over the weekend as agents miss a second paycheck and increasingly call in sick.

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After Minnesota scandal, Texas reviewed its child care spending. It found little fraud.

An investigation ordered by Gov. Greg Abbott found that less than half a percent of federal money spent on child care scholarships in Texas was considered “improper.”

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Speaker Dustin Burrows lists data centers, property taxes and annexing slice of New Mexico among 2027 priorities

The Republican speaker’s interim charges also covered water resources, foreign threats and government accountability.

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Legislators, business leaders highlight Texas policies driving competition with Wall Street

The panelists at the Dallas event hosted by The Texas Tribune said “Y’all Street” is poised to become the nation's financial capital.

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Forced to sell medications at a loss, rural Texas pharmacies seek new survival tactics

Independent rural pharmacists are starting other businesses or selling baby shower gifts to keep their stores operating. Pharmacy deserts affect 4 million Texans.

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Texas suburbs lead U.S. for population growth as international migration slows, census finds

Waller County, near Houston, was the second fastest growing county in the U.S. Another three Texas counties were among the 10 fastest growing in U.S.

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Measles spike in federal detention facility reaches the Texas public, records show

Most of the state’s measles cases reported so far this year are inside the West Texas Detention Facility in Hudspeth County, where four infected El Paso residents worked.

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Texas State University professor sues to block firing after Israeli-Palestinian comments

Philosophy professor Idris Robinson argued that his comments, made in an off-campus setting, were protected speech.

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Ken Paxton won’t represent Comptroller Kelly Hancock in school voucher suit amid grudge match

In a Thursday letter, Paxton said Hancock jeopardized the state’s defense in the case by leaking a separate letter he sent to the AG’s office on Tuesday.

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Mayes Middleton nabs former opponent Aaron Reitz’s endorsement in GOP attorney general runoff

Reitz, a former aide to Texas AG Ken Paxton, had sharply criticized both Middleton and Chip Roy on the campaign trail.

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Texas quietly shuttered Operation Lone Star booking facility in Del Rio

Gov. Greg Abbott had opened two such sites as he surged thousands of DPS troopers and Guard members to the Texas-Mexico border.

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After years of pushing for better jobs, Rio Grande Valley leaders land high-skilled manufacturing plant

McAllen leaders hope the new Valeo manufacturing plant is a sign that the region, one of the most impoverished in the state, can attract better-paying jobs for its college graduates.

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